Improvement in spring-beds



C. T. SEGAR.

Spring-Bed.

Patented May 27, 1879;

ATTORN EYS.

FICE.

CHARLES T. SEGAR, OF UTICA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING-BEDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,981., datedMay 27, 1879 application filed January 6, 1879.

To all whom it may concern: The slats A are kept in suitable relative po- Be it known that I, CHARLES T. SEGAR, of sition by means of the wire B, which is formed Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of straight throughout its length, and passes in New York, have invented certain new and usehorizontal line transversely through the slats, ful Improvements in Spring-Beds; and I do said wire being provided with the rollers C, herebydeelare the following to be a full, clear, strung thereon. and exact description of the invention, such The upper extremity of each of the coilas will enable others skilled in the art to springs D is made in loop form, by which the which it pertains to make and uscit, reference wire B is held in engagement therewith. Said being had to the accompanying drawings, loops lit in vertical slots of the slats, and pass which form part of this specification. a little more than halt-way through the same. My invention relates more especially to that Having fully described my invention, what class of spring-beds in which the slats are I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letmaiutained in proper relative position and the tcrs Patent, iscoil-springs fastened thereto by means of a The combination, with wire 13, formed rod or wire passing transverselythrough the straight throughout its length and passing slats, said rod or wire having rollers strung transversely through slats A, together with thereon, and connecting with the extremities rollers C, of coil-springs D, whose upper exof the springs as the latter engage with opentremities are looped in engagement about the ings formed in the slats. wire, and which fit a little more than halfway The improvement consists in the combinainto vertical openings made in the slats, subtion, with a wire formed straight throughout stantiallyas set forth. its length and passing transversely through In testimony that I claim the foregoing I the slats, together with rollers strung on said have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of wire, of coil-springs having their upper ex- December, 1878. tremities respectively looped about the wire, and which lit a little more than half-way into vertical openings made in the slats.

In the drawings, Figure l.is a view, in per- Witnesses: speetive, of the invention. Fig. 2 is a sec- ORVILLE P. ALLEN, tional detail view. DANIEL E. Bnvnvns.

CHARLES T. SEGAR. 

